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Sega Details Sonic Generations

20th anniversary of the blue hedgehog to be ushered in with retrospective new game.

The hustling hedgehog turns 20 this year, and Sega plans to celebrate with the "definitive" Sonic gaming experience. The publisher announced the first details of Sonic Generations today, describing the game as an amalgam of the best of the franchise's 2D and 3D adventures.

"Sonic Generations will certainly be a fitting celebration for Sonic's 20th Anniversary," Brand Director David Corless said in a statement. "By having the classic 1991 Sonic that many fans know and love team up with his modern day incarnation... Sonic Generations will bring to life the last 20 years of Sonic's universe in a truly unique and imaginative way."

Sonic's universe is thrown into chaos when a mysterious new power creates time holes which pull him and his friends back through time. As a result, he encounters some surprises from his past history including Classic Sonic, Sonic as he was in 1991. Modern Sonic and Classic Sonic must defeat this strange new enemy, save their friends, and find out who really is behind this diabolical deed.

Sonic Generations is being developed for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The game has been penciled in for a holiday 2011 release.

Sharkey says: I spent a winter weekend in Maine last year playing New Super Mario Bros., losing track of time as Nintendo took me on a wonderful journey down nostalgia lane. I'd love to go on a similar journey with Sonic, and it sounds like that's what Sega is shooting for.